09/24/1962
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"Let us pray for our Nation and for other nations of the world."
"Congress has now enacted legislation ... to provide pay scales more nearly to the level of those prevailing in the private economy."
"It furnishes a foundation for adjusting and continuously maintaining Federal salaries comparable to levels of equal difficulty and responsibility in private enterprise."
"The new postal rates will yield on an annual basis about $600 million of new postal revenues."